The father of NASCAR superstar Robby Gordon strangled his wife, Sharon , and then shot himself in a murder suicide at their Orange County, CA home ... officials say.
The bodies of 68-year-old Robert "Baja Bob" Gordon and 57-year-old Sharon Gordon were discovered Wednesday afternoon.
The Orange County Coroner’s Office describes the death of Robert Gordon as being consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and the death of Sharon Gordon was a result of strangulation.
Cops say a rifle was recovered inside the house.
We're told cops are conducting ballistics tests on the weapon to see if it was, in fact, the gun used in the murder-suicide.